LG Electronics announced on December 8 that it has established its European R&D center in Paris, France to expand its GSM and WCDMA mobile phone market. The European market is considered crucial to meet the company’s goal of entering the global handset industry’s ‘global top 3’ by 2006.
On December 6, Mr. James Kim, President for European Headquarters at LG Electronics, attended the opening of R&D center in Villepinte, Paris.